Five hundred years in the future, there’s a whole new frontier, and a crew of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity is eager to stake a claim on the action. They’ll take any job, legal or illegal, to keep fuel in the tanks and food on the table. But things get a bit more complicated after they take on a passenger wanted by the new totalitarian Alliance regime. Now they find themselves on the run, desperate to steer clear of Alliance ships and the flesh-eating Reavers who live on the fringes of space.

Great series, but I had trouble loading Disc #3, returned it for another - still "Invalid Region" on Disc #3 - so if you get this - try to load disc #3 right away.
I got several DVD (not Blu-ray) on Black Friday at Best Buy for $5.88 each...

Still - a great series, and don't forget to also get Serenity to watch after watching the series.

Last week, after years of strangers and friends raving about this show, I finally started watching the first episode. Is there a point that it starts getting good? Because so far, I'm not seeing what the big deal is.

Not that I have a Blu-ray player, but does Blu-ray release offer any additional stuff over the original DVD release?

And seriously, if you have not watched Firefly... IT ISN'T TOO LATE!!! This show is so good and I am not even a Whedon wonk (never watched Buffy or Dr. Horrible, but I did see some of that show with the brainwashed people with that cute girl from Bring it On, yeah, I watched it... Eliza Dushku...)

@tcanning: It really really really really hasn't aged well. There's a good chance those strangers and friends saw it back when it first came out, or when it got cancelled, or when the ensuing crushing buzz machine was... buzzing.

I watched it a year or two ago for the first time, and while I suffered my way through the entire series, it just seemed dated and cheesy. And not in a good way.

@tcanning: I felt the same way for the most part. The first episode actually didn't air originally because hardly anything was going on in it. I think it did ultimately, but after the second epsiode. Things start picking up as you get to the third and fourth. I just felt it got better and better as it went along.

@firebert: Besides in increase in resolution, there's new extras on the Blu-ray not on the DVD. A 28-minute mini-reunion with Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Rob Glass, and Alan Tudyk (recorded in 2008), and a commentary tack for "Our Mrs. Reynolds" featuring the same.http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1271/firefly.html

@starbob: The pilot was actually the last episode to air before the show was canceled, after 10 episodes! (3 episodes never made it to air) I watched the show as it aired and loved it after the first episode aired, "The Train Job." That said, it does pick up a bit, especially from the pilot, and it may not be to everyone's tastes. I don't really see it as dated though, since it was going for a stylized old-west-meets-outerspace theme.

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